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iPhone 4S is now 4G?!

2012-03-08
what's going on guys johnathan here with TLD with a quick video pertaining to the iOS 5.1 update that rolled out yesterday now if you're an 80 iPhone 4s user you may have noticed towards the top left-hand corner your 3g indicator magically appeared as 4g and it's causing a little bit of confusion because people are asking what else going on is my phone suddenly faster and to be blunt about it it's just pure marketing bull now if we go back to when the iPhone 4s launched one of the bigger features for AT&T is that their version of the 4s is HSPA+ capable now if you compare that to Verizon's 3G or Sprint's 3G it is faster those have a maximum speed about 7 megabits per second while the HSPA+ has a theoretical maximum speeds of about 21 megabits per second so it is faster but to be blunt about it it's pretty much fake 4G so it's kind of like free loops this is fruity O's 4G it's nowhere near how the same speed as LTE let me guys give you an example you can download this yourselves speedtest.net in the App Store I'll post a link in the description as well I'm just going to show you guys your phone didn't magically it faster and I don't get anywhere near those speeds as far as the 21 megabits per second I can press a button and not fail I will typically get anywhere between 3 to 5 megabits per second on the download and anywhere from about 1 to 3 on the upload depending on the area that's good job AT&T you're going to fail yourselves we got the nation's slowest 4G speeds on video but I just wanted to clear this up for you guys it hopefully helps you guys clear a little bit of confusion your phone didn't magically get faster if you guys found this video helpful help you guys out and feel like being awesome make sure to give it a thumbs up if you feel like sharing it you can +1 it or you guys can click the click to tweet button down in the description below feel free to subscribe if you haven't already and if you guys missed any of the new iPad coverage go to click the video right here and I will see you guys later you
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